Bay of Plenty TimesOrchard worker sacked for taking Labour Day offAn orchard worker sacked by text message for taking Labour Day off.07 Nov 07:30 PM
Bay of Plenty TimesRevealed: What NZ's top executives are paidWhich top chief executive earned the most last year?11 Aug 09:02 PM
Bay of Plenty TimesPositive results soaring in drug workplace testsSurge in number of workers found with opiates in their system in the Bay of Plenty.06 Aug 08:41 PM
Bay of Plenty TimesNew kiwifruit app to combat exploitationLocals have designed an app to track kiwifruit workers' time on each orchard digitally.25 Jul 11:09 PM
Bay of Plenty TimesAffco back in court over meat-hook injuryA worker's face was caught on a meat spreader hook and dragged into a metal block.20 Jul 10:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesCrackdown on kiwifruit contractorsMore than half of the Bay's kiwifruit labour hire contractors failed an employment audit.18 Jul 11:09 PM
Bay of Plenty TimesKiwifruit boss bankrupt owing $200kThe company was ordered to pay $226,000 in fines and unpaid wages, but only paid $28,000.30 Jun 08:29 PM
Bay of Plenty TimesBay leaders question immigration planFears that Labour Party plans to cut immigration by up to 30,000 a year could hit economy.12 Jun 07:00 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesSkills shortage hits Bay of PlentyThe Bay is facing a skills shortage as more jobs come to fruition, a new report shows.28 May 10:00 PM
Bay of Plenty TimesEmployee fined for bidding against bossEx-employee of Sunair must pay $66,600 after bidding against his boss for a contract.10 Apr 10:00 PM
VideoWatch NZH Local Focus: Rotorua scheme helping young apprentices to aim highMy Future Rocks is helping Rotorua apprentices. Made with funding from NZ On Air.20 Mar 05:30 PM
Bay of Plenty TimesAgeing population may hinder jobs growthEmployment in Tauranga is projected to grow by almost 50 per cent by 2048, according to a draft report presented to Smart Group.19 Mar 10:56 PM
Bay of Plenty TimesTOP proposes $200 a week handoutThe Opportunities Party wants all Kiwis to get a basic income of $200 a week.14 Mar 04:30 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesBay unemployment now lowest in North IslandTONGUE-PIERCER: Art + Body owner Julie Paama-Pengelly watches Siobhan Mikaere demonstrate the piercing of Sunny Yu Sun's tongue. PHOTO 12 Feb 06:00 PM
Bay of Plenty TimesTauranga franchise takes on disability initiative270117jb10bop.JPG EMPLOYED: Shanaya Schuster, 18, is a new Hell Pizza employee. PHOTO/JOHN BORREN 270117jb08bop.JPG A nationwide 06 Feb 09:00 PM
Bay of Plenty TimesFlexibility needed for part-time workersThe Bay of Plenty's untapped supply of skilled workers could be unleashed if employers embraced flexible working arrangements, a Tauranga 22 Dec 12:08 AM
VideoWatch NZH Local Focus: East Cape lures expats homeTe Whanau-a-Apanui land trustees have set up a forest road engineering company on the East Cape, employing twenty locals, including ex-pats. Made with funding from NZ On Air.14 Nov 12:21 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesDHBs to ask judge to stop strikeAn injunction has been sought from the Employment Court in a bid to prevent another 48-hour strike by resident doctors.09 Nov 11:23 PM
Bay of Plenty TimesCourt of Appeal upholds decision against AffcoA decision by the Employment Court that Affco NZ unlawfully locked out seasonal meatworkers has been upheld by the Court of Appeal. The 05 Oct 10:52 PM
Bay of Plenty TimesDrug testing putting trade students offDrug testing comes in - student enrolments drop.26 Jul 12:42 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesNo pay for caravan park workA retired couple who worked at a caravan park in exchange for a free site were volunteers - not employees says the ERA.27 Apr 10:30 PM
Bay of Plenty TimesSecond employee in meat hook accidentThe accident involved a meat hook at the Affco NZ plant in Rangiuru, the same meatworks which was fined $30,000 this week after a hook penetrated a worker's head.21 Apr 02:39 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesAffco fined after cleaner hooked in headMeat processor Affco has been ordered to pay $55,000 over an incident that left a worker hanging on a meat hook for an hour.20 Apr 03:32 AM
Bay of Plenty TimesWorkers protest Affco staff layoffsMeat Worker Union members protested outside Talley's Affco Rangiuru yesterday, after the company laid off 214 workers for the season.08 Mar 07:44 PM
Bay of Plenty TimesCleaner impaled: Company's safety failedAn Affco meatworking plant failed to follow its own safety rules in a case which led to a cleaner becoming impaled on a meat hook, a court has found.03 Mar 11:37 PM
Bay of Plenty TimesBoss's warning after theft of $146,000An employer says he's embarrassed, but wants other business owners to beware, after one of his workers charged with handling - and monitoring - finances stole $146k.21 Jan 08:45 PM
BDBDBay of Plenty TimesFormer health minister Ryall crops up at law firmFormer Health Minister Tony Ryall has found post-Parliament life at major law firm Simpson Grierson.11 Nov 12:00 AM
